ROCCO GRANATA - MARINA

MARINA

ROCCO GRANATA

SONGWRITER: ROCCO GRANATA

COUNTRY: ITALY & BELGIUM

ALBUM: MARINA

LABEL: BLUEBELL

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 1959

Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938) is an Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist.

Granata was born in Figline Vegliaturo, Calabria, southern Italy; but his parents immigrated to Belgium when he was aged ten. Rocco's father was a coal miner, but Granata pursued music instead. He played accordion and toured Belgium with his band, 'The International Quintet'. He then released the songs "Manuela"/ "Marina" as a single in 1959; the B-side became an international hit, reaching #1 in Belgium and in Germany as well as charting across Europe and in the United States. It sold over one million copies in Germany alone, and was awarded a gold disc. It has been covered many times by artists such as Marino Marini, Ilham al-Madfai, Dalida and Louis Armstrong.

After the success of "Marina", Granata toured the world, including dates at Carnegie Hall. A feature film entitled Marina was released in 1960, which set the stage for a string of German hits. He also appeared in Italy at the Sanremo Festival in 1961.

Granata later became a successful record producer. He owned the record labels Cardinal Records and Granata Records, and has produced Marva, Louis Neefs, Miel Cools, and De Elegasten.

Mi sono innamorato di Marina

una ragazza mora ma carina

ma lei non vuol saperne del mio amor

cosa faro' per conquistar il suo cuor.

Un giorno la incontrai sola sola,

il cuore mi batteva mille all'ora.

Quando gli dissi chela volevo amare

mi diede un bacio e l'amor sboccio'...

Marina, Marina, Marina

Ti voglio al piu' presto sposar

Marina, Marina, Marina

Ti voglio al piu' presto sposar

O mia bella mora

no non mi lasciare

non mi devi rovinare

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

O mia bella mora

no non mi lasciare

non mi devi rovinare

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

Marina, Marina, Marina

Ti voglio al piu' presto sposar

Marina, Marina, Marina

Ti voglio al piu' presto sposar

O mia bella mora

no non mi lasciare

non mi devi rovinare

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

O mia bella mora

no non mi lasciare

non mi devi rovinare

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

oh, no, no, no, no, no...

oh, no, no, no, no, no...